Events
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Guild Webinar – Problems on Tour
OnlineI have been asked by a number of members to run a webinar on "Problems on Tour". So Chris Finn (Accreditation Director) and I will do that at 1930 on […]
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Guild Webinar – Tell Us How It Was
OnlineTo be on the site of a battle, with a knowledgeable and experienced guide can lead us to a profound understanding of the challenges faced by both sides in that […]
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Guild Recce: Dieppe, Bruneval and St. Valery
Intention: The focus of this recce is the 1942 raiding actions undertaken at both Dieppe and Bruneval. There will be a visit to St Valery-en-Caux, where the French Army fought […]
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GBG East Midlands Get Together
Melton Mowbray Melton MowbrayTour of Melton Mowbray covering 300 years of military history followed by pub lunch. Guild members in the East Midlands are already aware but any members from elsewhere are welcome […]
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Guild Webinar – Sailors’ Weapons – Naval Guns and Gunnery
OnlineFire from the sea has been around for ages (Edward III’s siege of Calais, anyone?) – and has gone under a number of titles; shore bombardment, naval gunfire support, naval […]
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Richard Holmes Memorial Lecture 2025
National Army Museum Royal Hospital Rd, London, London, United KingdomThe Richard Holmes Lecture is given annually; sponsorship rotates between the Battlefields Trust, The British Commission for Military History and the Guild. This year’s sponsor is the Battlefields Trust. Subject […]
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Guild Christmas Lunch 2025
Union Jack Club Sandell Street, Lambeth, LondonA great opportunity to catch up at the end of the year; the Guild’s annual Christmas lunch will be held at the Union Jack Club, Sandell St, London SE1 8UJ […]
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Guild Webinar – Cold War Tankie
OnlineOne of the series of Guild webinars, given by Alan Wood, will take place on Wednesday 9th December commencing at 1930 (UK time). On the 24th February 2022 hundreds of […]
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The Stay Behinds
OnlineOne of the series of Guild webinars, given by Bob Shaw, will take place on Monday 5 January, commencing at 1900 (UK time). During 1940, when a potential German invasion […]
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An Introduction to the Training Modules for the New Accreditation Programme
OnlineOne of the series of Guild webinars, given by Sue King, will take place on Monday 16 February, commencing at 1900 (UK time).The new Accreditation Programme is designed to add […]
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A Tour on the Open Wave
ZoomOne of the series of Guild webinars, given by Tim Stoneman, will take place on Monday 16 March, commencing at 1930 (UK time). The Guild’s Accreditation Manual states “Battles take […]
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Guild Recce: the Faulds Explosion
Staffordshire , United KingdomMembers are invited to a Guild recce, at Faulds, close to Lichfield in Staffordshire, to look at the site of the 1944 RAF Faulds bomb dump explosion that killed 70 […]
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The RAF Regiment, Air Power From the Ground Up
OnlineOne of the series of Guild webinars, given by the Guild President, Steve Abbott, will take place on Monday 113 April, commencing at 1930 (UK time). The webinar will cover […]
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Guild Recce: Bavaria
This will include Battlefield of Blenheim , the German Great War Museum at Ingolstadt and Dachau Concentration Camp. Note that April 1 is a place marker in the calendar rather […]
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SOE
OnlineOne of the series of Guild webinars, given by Bob Shaw, will take place on 5 May. The Special Operations Executive (SOE) was created at Churchill's orders in 1940 to […]
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Artillery Systems That Changed Warfare
OnlineOne of the series of Guild webinars, given by Frank Baldwin, will take place on 6 July 2026. As Napoleon once said, "It is with Artillery that war is made". […]
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Regional Event at Lechlade
Lechlade Lechlade, United KingdomA one day regional event will take place at Lechlade on Saturday 25 July 2026 (note that this has changed from the date originally planned). The theme of the event […]
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Indirect Fire and Forward Observation
OnlineOne of the series of Guild webinars, given by Frank Baldwin, will take place on 3 August 2026. This talk covers the development of indirect fire and forward observation during […]
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GBG Annual Golf Championships 2026
John O’Gaunts Golf Club Sutton Park, Sandy, Bedfordshire, United KingdomThe Golf Championships are open to all members and their guests – more details here.
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Badged Guides Dinner
Castlegate House, 26 Castlegate, York, YO1 9RP , United KingdomThe 2026 Badged Guides Dinner will take place, for the first time, outside London. It will be on Friday 28 August and will be in Castlegate House, an impressive Grade1 […]
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Guild Recce – Easter Rising, Dublin April 1916
Dublin Dublin, IrelandIn France in 1916, plans were being drawn up to relieve the pressure on Verdun; in Dublin plans were being finalised for an insurrection. The Easter Rising would see ordinary […]
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Operation Frankton/Operation Chariot Recce (dates tba)
THE DATES ARE MERELY A PLACE SAVER AND ARE TO BE CONFIRMED. Operation Frankton was the famous WW2 raid on German blockade running shipping in Bordeaux, France. The raid was […]
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Tanks – To the Somme and Beyond: the Anniversary of the First Use of Tanks
OnlineOne of the series of Guild webinars, given by John Pratt, will take place on Saturday 26 September, commencing at 1930 (UK time). The tank was first used in battle […]
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Guild Webinar – Radar Basics (date to be confirmed)
OnlineHave you ever been asked tricky questions about radar and wished you'd known a bit more about the basics? Do you want to learn more about a technology that's been a critical part […]
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Core Weekend – Warwick
Warwick , United KingdomAs […]
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Smarter Guiding: How AI Can Enhance Your Research, Narratives, and Guest Experience – date to be confirmed
OnlineOne of the series of Guild webinars, given by Joris Nieuwint, will take place in November 2026, date to be confirmed. AI isn’t just for tech experts, it’s becoming an […]